Archive for May, 2013

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Center sends basketball, soccer seasons into playoffs
The regular season of the Anna Maria Island Community Center’s youth basketball season is over and playoffs start June 3. Beach Bistro and Beach Bums finished with matching 5-3 records in the 8-10 division with Bistro winning the tiebreaker to earn top seed for ...

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Anna Maria anglers catch tarpon fever
As I settle down to reread “The Tarpon Book” by Frank Sargent after a 12-hour day of tarpon fishing, I find myself flipping to the same pages I do every year. The pages about fishing tarpon in Tampa Bay and along the beach.
There’s something about ...

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Anna Maria
• No new reports.
Anna Maria is policed by the MCSO.
Bradenton Beach
• No new reports.
Bradenton Beach is policed by the BBPD.
Cortez
• May 18, corner of 123rd Street Court West and 45th Avenue West, domestic. A female complainant said she was walking her dog when her boyfriend came up behind her ...

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

The Gulf of Mexico surged all the way to the back door of the Bradenton Beach Moose Lodge, 110 Gulf Drive S., during a brush with Tropical Storm Debby in June 2012. Flooding is a concern for property owners and the city governments on a barrier island. This week’s special ...

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

John P. ‘Jack’ Clark
John P. “Jack” Clark, 85, of Bradenton, died May 16. He was born in Scranton, Pa., and moved to Bradenton in 1987 from Clark Summit, Pa.
Mr. Clark was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He retired as a salesman for Endicott Johnson Shoe Company of ...

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Speed-painter Brian Oslen of Denver works his Art in Action theme for guests of the Anna Maria Island Community Center gala May 18. His four paintings sold for a total of $16,000 at the event. Islander Photos: Bonner Joy